The Old Reader Alternatives

The Old Reader is described as 'Web based RSS reader, something like Google Reader . Import existing subscriptions, find Facebook friends and more' and is a very popular RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to The Old Reader for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac apps. The best The Old Reader alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like The Old Reader are Inoreader, FreshRSS, Feeder RSS feed reader and RSS Guard.

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  1. "Read: a simple RSS reader. Read designed to be fast, beautiful and easy to use. We designed it to be simple, without complicated menus. Oh, and Read will be free (and ad-free) forever!".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  2. Nooshub icon
     9 likes

    Nooshub can group articles from your RSS feeds that are similar. That makes it easy for you to compare different viewports on the same topic. It also cleans your feeds and helps to detect trending topics.

    27 Nooshub alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Feedspot icon
     165 likes

    A great alternative to Google Reader. Offers awesome productivity features like Search, RSS feeds for your starred items, tags & folder. You can share on X, .

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. "An Otter RSS Reader" is the world's newest most okayest RSS reader with a high key adorable otter icon!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. RSSOwlnix icon
     13 likes

    RSSOwlnix is a fork of RSSOwl a powerful application to organize, search and read your RSS, RDF & Atom news feeds in a comfortable way. Highlights are saved searches, google reader sync, notifications, filters, fast fulltext search and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. MultiPLX icon
     3 likes

    RSS Reader Reimagined. Everything you want to read - news, your favorite blogs, art and more - in one convenient place designed for you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. FeedsAPI.org icon
     2 likes

    FeedsAPI.org is a Full Text RSS Feed generator and web content extraction service that allows you to: turn any shortened RSS feeds into a full text RSS feed content, generate an RSS feed from any static webpage, turn xml and html to JSON and send RSS to emails in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Palabre icon
     4 likes

    Palabre is an all in one news app, acclaimed as the best user experience as a Feedly reader, a RSS Reader, Google News (Google Reader) and has gotten really good press.

    132 Palabre alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. Mr. Reader icon
     6 likes

    Mr. Reader is a powerful RSS News Reader for your iPad that synchronizes with popular services. Due to the large article preview and image thumbnails, it is easy to read only the articles you are interested in.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPad
     
  10. Alligator icon
     2 likes

    Alligator is a mobile RSS feed reader for mobile Linux devices. It is part of the Plasma Mobile app collection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Plasma Mobile
     
  11. Do you want to read your news using RSS & Atom feeds in the most efficient (compact grid), no-nonsense way, with no requirement to setup or use an existing service account? If you do, Heartfeed might be the app for you.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  12. feeeed icon
     2 likes

    Feeeed is a customizable news feed tool that allows users to subscribe to various sources, integrate health data, set reminders, and enjoy a private, on-device experience, offering control over what content they see.

    66 feeeed alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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